Avatar's Needle
this was the name of Shanto Dhil's modified Guardian-class cruiser. Designed to be a pirate vessel, the Avatar's Needle was armed with four heavy laser cannons, and was refitted for the storage of stolen goods. Dhil never revealed how he obtained the ship, which was obviously an Imperial craft at one time. He used the ship to pose as an Imperial customs ship, then preyed upon unwitting bacta transports. Dhil never actually boarded the ship, but instead he "docked" with one of the spheres on a B-12 transport and clamped onto it with a specialized cradle. He then detached the bacta sphere and fled into hyperspace, often before the transport's Captain realized what was going on.